Timeline of Port-au-Prince

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1749 - Port-au-Prince designated capital of French Saint-Domingue.^[1]
• 1751 - Earthquake.^[2]
• 1770 - 3 June: Earthquake.^[1]
• 1783 - Freemasons lodge established.^[3]
• 1793 - 23 September: Town renamed "Port-Républicain."
• 1794 - June: British forces take town.^[4]
• 1797 - Bertrand Littledale & Co. established.^[5]
• 1798 - May: British forces withdraw.^[6]

19th century

Port-au-Prince, ca.1800

• 1804 - Haitian Revolution.
• 1806 - 17 October: Jean-Jacques Dessalines assassinated near town.
• 1822 - December: Fire.^[7]
• 1823 - Academy of Haiti opens.^[8]
• 1830 - Population: 26,000 (approximate).^[9]
• 1843 - Wesleyan primary school opens.^[8]
• 1845 - Le Moniteur Haitien newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1848 - April: Massacre of mulattos by order of President Faustin Soulouque.^[1]
• 1852 - 18 April: Coronation of Faustin Soulouque as Emperor of Haiti.
• 1859 - La République newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1860
  • Le Progrès newspaper begins publication.^[10]
  • Naval school established.^[11]
• 1864 - Place Geffard (park) inaugurated.^[1]
• 1881
  • Banque Nationale d'Haiti established.^[12]
  • National Palace (Haiti) rebuilt.
• 1890 - Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague (school) founded.
• 1891 - Marché en Fer established.^[13]
• 1894 - L'echo d'Haiti newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1898 - Le Nouvelliste newspaper begins publication.^[14]

20th century

• 1900 - Société Agricole et Industrielle de Port-au-Prince established.^[15]
• 1907 - Le Matin newspaper begins publication.
• 1908 - Sténio Vincent becomes mayor.
• 1915 - 28 July: United States occupation of Haiti begins.^[16]
• 1918 - Violette A.C. (football club) formed.
• 1919
  • Union School Haiti founded.
  • Battle of Port-au-Prince (1919)
• 1920
  • Population: 120,000 (approximate).^[17]
  • Battle of Port-au-Prince (1920)
• 1923 - RC Haïtien (football club) formed.
• 1925 - La Novelle Ronde literary group formed.^[18]
• 1926 - Radio station begins broadcasting.^[1]
• 1928 - Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince dedicated.
• 1929
  • Bowen airfield in operation.^[1]
  • Concrete wharf constructed.^[1]
• 1930 - Cercle Bellevue Club reopens (approximate date).^[19]
• 1932 - Le Peuple newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1934 - Paramount Cine opens.^[20]
• 1935
  • Rex Theatre opens.^[20]
  • Hotel Oloffson in business.
• 1940 - National Library of Haiti headquartered in city.^[21]
• 1942 - University of Haiti established.
• 1943 - Jazz des Jeunes dance orchestra formed.^[22]
• 1944 - Centre d'Art opens.^[23]
• 1945 - Institut Français established.^[24]
• 1949 - Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince held.
• 1956 - Port Administration of Port-au-Prince established.
• 1960 - Jean Deeb becomes mayor.^[25]
• 1965 - Duvalier International Airport opens.
• 1979 - Radio Port-au-Prince established.^[14]
• 1986 - March: Unrest.
• 1988
  • Université Caraïbe founded.
  • 11 September: St Jean Bosco massacre.

1990s

• 1990
  • Evans Paul elected mayor.
  • June: Irene Ridore becomes mayor.^[26]
• 1991
  • 29 September: 1991 Haitian coup d'état.
  • October: Organization of American States trade embargo begins; city economy slows.^[27]
• 1993 - OAS/UN International Civilian Mission in Haiti headquartered in city.^[28]
• 1994 - 19 September: United States military intervention begins.
• 1995
  • Manno Charlemagne becomes mayor.^[29]
  • Foundation for Knowledge and Liberty headquartered in city.^[30]
• 1999 - Population: 990,558.^[31]

21st century

2000s

• 2001 - Coup attempt at National Palace.^[32]
• 2003 - Population: 704,776.
• 2004
  • 200th anniversary of the Haitian Slave Revolution victory.^[33]
  • February: 2004 Haitian coup d'état.^[34]
  • 29 February: United Nations Multinational Interim Force begins operating in city.^[35]
  • June: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti headquartered in city.^[36]
  • 30 September: Pro-Aristide demonstration turns violent.^[35][37]
• 2007 - Jean Yves Jason becomes mayor.
• 2008 - April: Protest against food prices.^[38]

2010s

• 2010
  • 12 January: 2010 Haiti earthquake.^[39]
  • October: Cholera outbreak begins.
• 2011 - Marché en Fer restored.^[13]

See also

• Port-au-Prince history
• Timeline of Haitian history

References

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2. Britannica 1910.
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15. "Republique d'Haiti", Annuaire de législation étrangère 30, Paris: Cotillon, 1901
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22. Gage Averill (1989). "Haitian Dance Bands, 1915-1970: Class, Race, and Authenticity". Latin American Music Review 10. JSTOR 779951.
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24. "Presentation" (in French). Port au Prince: Institut Français de Haiti. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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26. Howard W. French (7 October 1990). "A Haitian Mayor's Credo: No Work, No Pay". New York Times.
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34. "Embattled Aristide quits Haiti". BBC News. 29 February 2004.
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38. Robert T. Buckman (2012). "Haiti". Latin America. World Today Series. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 1610488873.
39. "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved May 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Jedidiah Morse (1797). "Port au Prince". The American Gazetteer. Boston, Massachusetts: S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews.
• Charles Mackenzie (1830), "(Port au Prince)", Notes on Haiti, London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, OCLC 4099494
• B.B. Edwards (1832), "Hayti", Missionary Gazetteer: comprising a geographical and statistical account of the various stations of the American and foreign Protestant missionary societies, Boston: William Hyde & Co.
• "Santo Domingo". Encyclopædia Metropolitana 18. London: B. Fellowes et al. 1845. p. 214. Port au Prince
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in French

• Victor Meignan (1878). "Port au Prince". Aux Antilles (in French). Paris: E. Plon et Cie.
• Paul Deléage (1887). "Port au Prince". Haïti en 1886 (in French). Paris: Dentu.
• Georges Corvington (1987). Port-au-Prince au cours des ans: la capitale d'Haiti sous l'occupation, 1922-1934 (in French). Port au Prince: Editions Henry Deschamps.

External links

• Items related to Port au Prince, various dates (via Europeana)
• "Port au Prince". Instruments de recherche en ligne. France: Archives nationales d'outre-mer. Items related to Port-au-Prince, 18th century
• Maps of Port au Prince, various dates (via University of Texas)
• Items related to Port-au-Prince, various dates (via New York Public Library)
• Materials related to Port-au-Prince, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)